Out in the open water, this friendly beluga whale surprised us with the sweetest hello—swimming up close and asking for pets like a playful pup. Gentle, curious, and totally unforgettable, it was one ...

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Around 30 critically endangered North Atlantic right whales, along with some humpback whales, were putting on a show on April ...

Braving subzero temperatures and underwater conditions, Natalia Avseenko, 36 threw away her inhibitions and her clothes to dive in with the Arctic Beluga whales, in an extremely interesting yet ...

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PROVINCETOWN - Endangered North Atlantic right whales have been spotted off the coast of Cape Cod over the last week. The Center for Coastal Studies said it has seen at least 85 right whales in ...

(KRON) — A humpback whale that was first observed half a year ago off the Monterey coast to be entangled in lines from a Dungeness crab trap was freed by a team of experts earlier this month ...

First with whalers and now with whale watchers, Southeast Alaska has earned a reputation as a hot spot for whales. As a filmmaker and writer specializing in whale subjects, I first visited Alaska ...